Entertainment: The Path to Best Actor for Talented Actors

The journey of over 400 kilometers will take about 6 hours on the road.

On their way there, the four regular guests at the Chinese restaurant in Colmar were discussing the arrival of their guest star that day.

"Youpeng, do you know anything about the two people who came this time?" Shu Qi, as expected of the queen of charm, casually tossed her long hair as she spoke, exuding a captivating and alluring charm.

Alec Su politely replied, "We're not familiar with each other! We only met backstage at an awards ceremony, but we've never had any contact before."

He continued, "However, I've seen a few of Zhang Ze's films; he's quite a talented actor!"

"It's said that Teacher Zhang Ze rarely participates in variety shows, so he's here to save the day!" Bai Jugang joined in while wiping the table.

Wang Junkai quietly arranged chairs on the side.

"Let's all get to know the guests' information before they arrive, so we don't say anything awkward later!" Shu Qi made the arrangements.

By this time, everyone had finished packing and returned to their dormitories to check the two people's information.

"Wow! That's Zhang Ze! So manly!" Shu Qi exclaimed in admiration as she watched Zhang Ze's several impressive action scenes.

The four rested in the room for about two hours before getting up to continue preparing things in the kitchen.

At this time, Zhang Ze and Nazha had already arrived in the town of Colmar by car.

The two of them took a nap in the car and woke up to see the beautiful scenery outside the window.

On both sides of the road are lush green rice paddies, and in the distance are European-style towns with white walls and red roofs.

The sky was exceptionally blue, like an oil painting.

"So beautiful!" Nazha exclaimed in surprise.

Zhang Ze nodded in agreement, "Yes! The sky is so blue!"

"There are so few people on the street here, it's so peaceful!"

Seeing that the sun was still quite high outside, Zhang Ze joked with the driver, "Drive slowly, driver, we're not in a hurry! Let's try to get there after they finish today!"

Naza sat to the side, giggling, "So, we're going straight to dinner today?"

"They've come from my hometown, so we should at least serve them a couple of dishes first! It'll be a good opportunity for us to see how well they cook!" Zhang Ze joked.

Soon the car entered the town and drove through the relatively narrow roads.

Many foreigners were walking on both sides.

No, they're from our own country!

"Luckily there aren't many people in France. The roads are so narrow, it would be a nightmare of traffic jams in our country!" he complained about the traffic in France.

I had always longed to visit this romantic country before, but after coming here, I found that it's not that great. It's not as modern as Shanghai!

After the car stopped, Zhang Ze helped Nazha unload her luggage, while Nazha struggled to put a large box of groceries on the roadside.

These are the things the two of them bought at a Chinese supermarket before they arrived.

It was paid for by the two of them. When visiting someone's home, you should bring a gift, right?

At this point, the production team had already notified Alec Su and the others that the guest stars had arrived.

Bai Jugang quickly said, "I'll go pick them up!"

When Bai Jugang, wearing a brown hoodie, came to the street, he saw Zhang Ze and Nazha with their luggage.

He jokingly asked, "Did you two bring the whole supermarket here?"

"What delicacies did we bring? I feel like with these ingredients we could run a Chinese restaurant for another year."

After the two went inside, Shu Qi smiled and called out to Alec Su and Shu Qi, "Relatives from our hometown have come to visit!"

"You've come at just the right time. Our guests will be here soon, and we need some help right now!" Alec Su said with a bright smile, wearing an apron.

Shu Qi was wiping the table when she saw the two of them and came over to greet them softly.

"Hello Zhang Ze, I've seen your movies, you're very manly and have great charisma!" Shu Qi shook hands with Zhang Ze.

"Thank you, Sister Shu Qi. Your voice is so beautiful! You're my goddess!"

Zhang Ze almost blurted out, "I've seen your movies too," but luckily he reacted quickly and corrected himself.

Princess Pearl is a childhood memory for many people. Zhang Ze was only 10 years old at the time, and of course he also liked the show very much.

I never imagined that one day I would be able to record a program with the Fifth Prince.

Moreover, Jin Suo even became his friend's girlfriend!

Thinking back to my first role as an extra, which was with Wang Yan as Qing'er,

Zhang Ze thought to himself that he had quite a connection with the people from "Princess Pearl".

At this moment, Nazha walked over from behind and greeted the two of them with a smile.

"It features Brother Peng and Sister Shu Qi!"

Zhang Ze, ever the friendly type, asked Su Youpeng, "Youpeng, where do you put all these things?"

"Just put it on the second floor!"

Shu Qi walked into the kitchen and introduced Wang Junkai to the two of them.

Then Bai Jugang helped carry the large box of ingredients up to the second floor.

"You must be tired. You two should take a rest," Shu Qi said warmly.

"Nazha, how come you're so thin! How do you maintain your figure? Teach me your secret later!"

"Shu Qi, you've lost a lot of weight too. Have you been working out lately?"

"Really? I can tell, I only started working out recently!" Shu Qi said happily, cupping her cheeks.

He led the two downstairs and said, "Let's have a cup of coffee and relax for a bit. I want you to experience the treatment of guests!"

"This cup of coffee is our last bit of happiness, isn't it? After we finish it, we have to get back to work?"

Shu Qi squinted her eyes and said, "Haha, you're right!"

After sitting down with the two, Alec Su came over and chatted with them.

They politely served the two a dessert.

While eating dessert, Nazha asked, "How many hours do you work a day?"

"I get up at nine in the morning and work until midnight!"

Zhang Ze nodded. This variety show may be slow-paced, but it's actually quite demanding.

Before they could exchange more than a few words, Shu Qi had already assigned Nazha to wash the dishes.

Zhang Ze: "Is the guest's experience time really that short?"

Seeing that Nazha had been pulled inside to work, Zhang Ze sat calmly on a chair outside, eating his noodles with soybean paste.

"Only when you're well-fed can you work; sharpening your axe won't delay your woodcutting!"

He sat there muttering to himself in front of the camera.

"Brothers, it's not that I'm not willing to work, it's just that the noodles attacked first, I have to take care of them first!"

After eating the noodles, I went to the kitchen and saw that everyone else was busy, some preparing ingredients and others washing dishes.

No one assigned him any work, so Zhang Ze thought he had to find something to do himself!

It would be bad if the broadcast made the audience think I was lazy or arrogant.

He immediately went outside to wipe the tables and chairs, and also took out the trash.

After a while, Shu Qi called Nazha to go upstairs to check the ingredients they had brought.

The two brought a lot of things, mostly foods that Chinese people like to eat.

Besides having plenty of seasonings, it's also delicious.

"Wow, this is spicy strips! I love them the most!" Shu Qi grabbed a bag of spicy strips and opened it without hesitation, starting to eat them right away.

"Mmm, there are potato chips and grilled cold noodles here, which are my favorites! I love you guys so much!" Shu Qi leaned on her suitcase like a little girl.

Zhang Ze also brought a ham.

Shu Qi was pleasantly surprised when he took it out of his suitcase!

"I love Jinhua ham the most; it has a really unique flavor."

Zhang Ze said with a smile, "We can let our foreign friends taste this ham and let them know that not only is foreign ham delicious, but our Chinese ham is just as excellent!"

To Zhang Ze's surprise, Nazha actually had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

She quietly arranged everything she brought in a very neat manner by herself. When Shu Qi came up again, she was greatly shocked to see the tidy scene.

While everyone was chatting and busy in the kitchen for a while, Wang Junkai pushed open the door and walked in from outside.

"I bought ice cream for everyone, let's all come outside and eat!"

Alec Su said with a smile, "Let's go, everyone, let's try the ice cream Xiao Kai bought!"

After everyone went outside and found a table to sit down, Wang Junkai distributed ice cream to everyone.

Shu Qi asked gently, "Xiao Kai, did you buy ice cream because we had guests coming today?"

He and Nazha looked at each other, waiting for his answer.

"Yeah, we agreed yesterday that I'd treat everyone to ice cream today!"

"So, whether we come today or not, we'll still get this ice cream, right?" Zhang Ze asked jokingly.

"No, he just likes to joke!" Shu Qi said, trying to put in a good word for Wang Junkai.

"I hope you have a happy time here, happy washing dishes, happy sweeping the floor, and happy serving food."

"Stop talking, I feel happiest when I'm resting!" Zhang Ze quickly stopped Wang Junkai from continuing.

After finishing their ice cream, everyone chatted for a while during the short afternoon break.

When it was 5 p.m., everyone got up to make the final preparations before welcoming the guests.

Just then, a foreigner walked over and said a few words to Alec Su in English.

Alec Su asked loudly, "Did anyone forget to turn off the stove while cooking? He said there was a burning smell coming from the apartment!"

"Oh no! I made tea eggs and forgot to turn it off!" Shu Qi exclaimed in a panic.

She hurriedly ran towards the apartment.

About twenty minutes later, when he returned, he was covered in sweat, his long black hair was stuck to his cheeks with sweat, and he looked completely exhausted.

Zhang Ze took a bottle of soda from the refrigerator, handed it to her, and asked, "How's it going? Are you alright?"

"The tea eggs were burnt, but thankfully they were dealt with in time, otherwise we would all be homeless tonight!" Shu Qi replied weakly.

Around 6:30, Zhang Ze was assigned to work as a waiter at the front.

"How's your English?" Shu Qi tilted her head, somewhat expectant of his answer.

"Not very good? He only knows a few simple words."

Upon hearing this, Shu Qi was deeply hurt and felt immense pressure.

Right now, it's just her and Zhang Ze working as waitresses outside. If Zhang Ze doesn't speak English well and takes orders, she'll be extremely busy!

Shu Qi speaks good English, but it's too late for her to teach Zhang Ze English now!

Soon a couple walked in; they appeared to be a white foreigner and an Asian woman.

Shu Qi went up and greeted the couple in English, but before she could take their order, two more customers walked in.

She gave Zhang Ze a look and quickly went forward to greet the new customer.

After Shu Qi left, the white man asked Zhang Ze if he spoke English.

Zhang Ze replied in relatively fluent English, "Of course, my English isn't excellent, but it's sufficient!"

Shu Qi looked at him with some surprise when she heard his fluent English.

"So this is what you meant by 'so-so,' only knowing a few words! Men's words are deceitful; I'll never believe a man's words again! Humph~"

Although Zhang Ze's English grades were terrible in high school,

However, in the ten years he has been in the entertainment industry, he has traveled abroad more than ten times, and he is already at the level of being able to communicate with foreigners on a daily basis.

I was just teasing Shu Qi!

"Is your food spicy? We like it spicy," the Asian woman asked in English.

Zhang Ze didn't know if the other person was Korean or Japanese, but he nodded and replied, "Our dishes are all quite spicy, which is perfect for your taste."

After ordering, Zhang Ze handed the menu to the kitchen.

Bai Jugang was very excited.

"Finally, my target customer has arrived! This Sichuan cuisine prince is back in action!"

Shu Qi, who was standing next to Zhang Ze, explained to him that the Sichuan dishes they had launched at their restaurant yesterday had been met with a lukewarm reception, with many customers complaining that they were too spicy.

At this point, Bai Jugang asked what level of spiciness he wanted.

Medium spicy!

"Is he a foreigner or a Chinese?"

Zhang Ze told him he was a foreigner.

"I understand now, I'll add a quarter of the spice! Their definition of spiciness is different from ours." Bai Jugang shook his head with a smile.

"These are lessons learned in blood!"

While Zhang Ze was busy entertaining guests, Shu Qi leaned against the doorframe, looking at Gulnazar and saying with emotion...

"Nazha, do you know what? You've come at just the right time!"

"Why do you say that?" Nazha asked with a smile.

"Because it's my turn to wash the dishes today!" Shu Qi said, then blew her a kiss.

"I'm so sorry, I've taken your job!" Nazha said, feigning embarrassment.

By this time, there were already four or five tables of guests sitting outside.

While the customers waited for their food with amusement, Zhang Ze chatted with several customers while smiling.

He felt that these foreigners were quite enthusiastic.

Finally, one of the foreigners sensed something was amiss and asked Zhang Ze, "What do you do for a living in China?"

Zhang Ze replied, "I'm just a waiter!"

The other person looked puzzled, glanced at Zhang Ze carefully, and pointed at him, asking, "Are you an actor? I've seen you in the newspaper!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ze was somewhat surprised, realizing that he had actually made it into a French newspaper.

I had no idea I became famous overseas!

He chatted with the other person for a bit and found out it was about the TV series he filmed in France with Gulnazar.

This has been reported by French media.

Zhang Ze felt a little happy when he heard this.

From now on, please call me "International Zhang".

Seeing that there were two tables with children, Zhang Ze remembered that he had brought some small trinkets to give to the customers.

When he reappeared, he was holding two panda-themed refrigerator magnets.

A cute little panda sits inside a crystal ball, looking adorable and endearing.

The children were very happy when they received the gifts.

Just then, a middle-aged couple walked in from outside.

Both of them have Asian features.

Zhang Ze quickly stepped forward to greet him.